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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-01
A Story of Two Dogs,

A family fond of pets and superior to
hydrophobic apprehensions had reduced
their stock of household animals some
time ago to two. One was O Scotch ter
rier, young and Of rare excellence and
value, having easily taken prizes at bench
shows. The other was black and tan,
well on in life. may not be entirely
right in this description, but prcciseness
of classification is not essential to the
effect Of the narrative. The stwa dogs"
were constant companions, and exhibited
strong mutual fondness. The Scotch
suddenly sickened and died. That he
was missed by his aged friend was evil
dent. The family sent the deceased to O
taxidermist, who treated him so skillfully
that the figure, sitting in lfelike posi-
tion, would Mt first glance deceive the
most intimate acquaintance OF the living
animal s=sss
When tho work of restorative art was
sent home and the black and tan was let
into the room where it had been placed,
he manifested the liyeliest joy, rushing up
to the Scotch and kissing her in canine
fashion and finally lying down by her side
to sleep, according to his habit. For
long time he refused to go to his meals
a substantial sacrifice, as his appetite was
extremely good-because she would not
accompany him and his food had to be
brought TO him. Finally, having ap-
parently turned the matter over In what
serves dogs for a mind, about which we
really know so little, he suddenly aban-
doncd the case, went about his own busi.
ness and paid no further attention to the
irresponsive Scotch. Brooklyn Eagle.
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Where T1,oy We're horn.

Some time after the war Gen. Critten-
den met three ex-Confederate officers at
dinner, and they became very friendly.
"Maior, said Gen. Crittenden to one.
Of them, .swhere were you born?'
"Well," said the major, getting nlittle
red, IT was born, sir, in Nantucket, Mass,
but you see lived ten years in the 81 -:th,
and married q southern lady, and as all
my interests were in the south of course
fought for them -
o"And where were you born?" he asked
the second.
"Well, sir, I was born in Nantucket,
Mass, but I'd lived in the south twenty
ycars, and of course',------
II see," said the general, turning to the
third. sColonel, where were you bornr'
II was born in Nantucket, Mass, too,
but I'd been thirty years in the south,
andn-
'tThat's curious, isn't it?''
'.rell Inc, general, said one Of them,
"where were you born?''
"Well, was born in Huntsville, Ala,
butt lived in the north for many years,
and fought for the Union. n.n-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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Trara1 In st, Petersburg.

# civilization Is to be estimated by
facility Of locon1otion, ST. Petersburg is
decidedly behindhand. The streets, al.
though very wide, are hbomihably paved
with kidney potato stones-a bad mate=
rial to begin with, and here very badly
laid down; and, besides, there is very
often gutter in the middle Of q street
crossing, which would throw one 6ff the
tiny drosky but for the precautions taken
by the natives: The drosky is, as street
cab, even worse than q Dublin car. 1t Is
like q very small victoria; the horse is
slow, the driver is generally very stupid;
there is barely room for two persons and
no protection against rain. As you stroll
along the quays you are astonished ut first
at the number of couples driving i'll
droskies, he with his arm around her
waist; but this, you presently learn, is not
because they are a-courting; it is pre-
caution against being thrown out. But
no lady may drive In drosky.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the fashion,
able hour for driving, the Islands, sort
of park laid out in drives on the far side
OF the Neva and reaching down to the sea,
are thronged with carriages, in lines. two
and three deep, Of the greater folk of st:
Petersburg, who halt their carriages at
the Point to get out and talk. The coach
men are all dressed alike, whether they
drive private carriages or droskies, in o
low crowned black hat and blue bed gown
tied round the waist and thickly stuffed,
it being just as much consideration for
Russian Jehu to have a broad back rs
it is to IN English footman to have height
and calves. The harness of the horse is
peculiar-blue canvas reins, thin trap
pings with silver chains hanging about;
especially over the horse's nose. But
perhaps the horses would look somewhat
cart horselike in English harness, for they
are broadly built, with thick legs md
flowing long tais.-Cor. st. James Ca
nottn
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sardines OF the Brittany Coast.

< All along, the coast of Brittany the
people are for the most part miserably
poor. They live almost exclusively by
fishing, and fish, 1t seems, are not to be
relied on any more than men. Their
habits are most irregular; they take
fancy to O certain locality and then they
leave it; they are creatures always OF
fresh excitement and adventure. This is
especially the case with sardines, upon
which thousands Of Breton fishermen
mainly rely. Sardines can hardly be
termed globe trotters, but they are never
theless inveterate tourists. While indulgg-
ing their passion for roaming, they thor
oughly believe in the advantages of social
Intercourse; consequently, when they
travel there are millions Of them together.
Some years ago they freqented the Brit
tany coast in such numbers and with such
regularity that capitalists set up manu-
factories in various places for preserving
these fish In oil. Thus they have been
distributed oil over the world in those
boxes which are to be found in every am
bilious dust heap.
Both alive and dead it is the destiny Of
the sardine to travel. For some unac-
countable reason the sardine has during
the last two OF. three seasons turned up its
very fastidious nose at Brittany, and In
stead of stopping at every bay on the coast,
as formerly, has passed on to other
regions. It is said that the coast of Portu-
gal has been the one most highly favored
By the vagrant and capricious fish since
the poor Brittany fishermen have been
throwing up their hands In despair OF
fervently praying for the return Of the
ssardines. This year the prospect is much
more cheerful. Cor. Boston Transcript.
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chnrlos sumner,s Plain Living.

His digestion was good up to the last.
Before his injuries he used to pride him
self on this; nothing hurt him. Tie
always breakfasted quite lightly and
never took lunch. After he became nm
invalid he learned his limitations and re-
spected them. But before, while he lived
plainly as rule, The late and heavy din
ners that he attended, as he used to say,
sin his official capacity" never troubled
him. lie had q childlike love for sweets,
and often bought chocolate creams and
the like. Indeed, I rather came to look
for the share he often poured on my desk
from paper cone of confectionery pur-
chased on his way home from the senate.
He seemed somewhat sensitive rs to this
taste, if one might judge from the pains
he sometimes took to defend it. lie
hoped he would never outgrow his sweet
tooth, for so long as it remained he was
sure of his digestion. =
But this was his only dissipation. He
did not smoke-not that he couldn't, but
rather that he wouldn't. Still, when he
gave or was present at dinners, and cigars
came on with the wine after tho removal
of the cloth, he would light up with the
OtnerS ratller Gnan 10 De u SpOll SpOrG, DuG
1 doubt If he ever smoked whole cigar.
While Sumner had critical taste in
wines, he took wine only at meals, and
then in moderation. He didn't know
spirits by their taste. Once when he
found that one of his clerks had u flask of
whisky in his yalise, provided for the
journey on which he was about. to start,
he asked a morsel as curiosity, and after
choking himself with swallow taken
neat, said it was the first time he had ever
tasted whisky, and he rather Thought 1t
would be the last.-Afnold Burges John.
son In The Cosmopolitan.
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Paris, Do11 Making Industrv.

The making Of dolls is one of the prin-
cipal industries Of Paris; the masterpiece
of the trade being marvellous creature
consisting entirely of paper, with q por-
celain head. This belongs to quite new
race of dolls, which has driven the old
ones out of the Partisan market
In making them fine paper pulp is
used, and the doll Is nodded bit by bit.
One workman does nothing but shape the
arms, another has charge of the feet, and
SO on with the entire body. Elastic bands
are inserted in the arms and legs to hold
them together and the joints are made to
work so perfectly that limb will remain
in any position in which it is placed.
The porcelain head is more difficult to
make than the body. After being nodded
the heads are placed in M oven and baked
for twenty-seven hours. They are then
ru ed with prmice stone, polished, and
pain ed with the greatest cure. The eyes
are made as carefully as are human arti-
fetal eyes, and the hair is wool from wild
goats In the mountains Of Thibet. To
finish one Of these dolls the labor of thirty
different persons is required.
Connected with every large manufac-
tory ere dressmakers, milliners and shoe
makers, who work at their own homes.
One manufacturer displays over 800 diff
ferent costumes every year. There are
toilets for every conceivable occasion, in
Guiding marriages and balls, and all the
fashions Of the day are scrupulously re-
produced.-Youth's Companion.
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Women on Eonrl Yachts,

Women fit into yachting better than
men, for the most part, strange rs it may
seem. Probably one reuson is that they
are more used to leisure and meet it more
gracefully; another may be that the Bos-
ton woman naturally scintillatcs with cf-
fervescent brilliancy, and makes Il charm-
ing guest Mt all times and places. How
ever it may be, the femme d'csprit is al
ways to be found among the guests of II
yachting party, as it is recognized that the
talent of brilliant conversation is the tai
cnt par excellence on board Il yacht-it
wears best and is oftcnest in rctilisition.
The ,sunshiny. merry girl, who looks on
life rs one long dream of JOY, is ;lways Of
the yachting party, She need not he beau
tiful, but she must have that joyous laugh
of youth that, notwithstanding her train
ing in that center of serious and intel
tellcctual culture, the Boston girl, by the
grace of kindly nature, still retains, her
reputation to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.-Boston Post
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A Taste of High Life.

tsLast season my maid of all work asked
early in the spring if she might have the
month Of July. said yes, not realizing
the trouble there was in getting help"
said q prominent Detroit lady. ssAs I
could not find a servant decided to close
the house and go for the month to one of
the fashionable beaches near home.
While watching the bathers the morning
after arrived I noticed one, pretty
looking girl picturesquely dressed, who
struck me familiarly. AS she came near
me, I recognized her as my maid Julia,
notwithstanding she had changed her
hair from dark brown to pale gold,
and / spoke to her. To my surprise she
entirely ignored me, never showing by
even the raising of On eyebrow that she
recognized me or the children. On re-
turning to the hotel found that she was
registered under the name Of q friend of
mine, we'll known society young lady,
whose name she kept during her stop
there. Why didn't expose! !her2 What
would have been the use? She wore bet
ter clothes than did, was bright and
pretty, and had gathered around her the
cream of the society there. The probabil-
ity is that if I had said anything no one
would have believed me. Trib-
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CreoIes and Their Servants.

Poor indeed must be the creole family
without one retainer Of color, and almost
every household provides for some old and
useless pensioners with affectionate inter-
est. Creole servants are invaluable, their
training having been thorough; and in al
most every instance they remained with
their old nlistresses, often working when
there was no money to pay their wage,
often assuming extra work to make few
picayunes to help their beloved awhite
peoples Creole housekeepers manage to
keep servants, even the servants of the
new dispensation, while their American
sisters in the same city are wasting their
substance in advertisements, or wearing
out footgear tramping from one employ:
ment bureau to the other. Creoles accord
certain privileges to their servants which
Americans refuse Creole children are
taught from babyhood politeness to SER
wants, and American children are permit
ted to jcer, to worry and to insult them
Harper's Bazar.
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Pomona Hill Nurseries.
POMONA, N. G.

r
Two and a halfmies west of Greensboro,
N. C. The main line of the R. & D. T..
R. passes through the grounds and with
in 100 feet of the Office. Salem trains
make regular stops twice daily each way.
Those interested in Fruit and Fruit grow
ing are cordially invited to inspect this
the largest pursery in the State aud one
among the largest in the South.
The proprietor has for many years Wis.
tied the leading Nurseries North and
West, and corresponded with those OF
foreign countries, gathering every fruit
that was calculated to suit the South,
both native aud foreign. The reputation
of Pomona Hill Nurseries is such that
many agents going out from Greensboro,
representing other nurseries, try to leave
the impression that they are representing
these nurseries. Why do they do 1t?
Let the public answer.
I have in stock growing land can show
visitors the sanle) the largest and best
stock Of trees, &c, ever shown or seen in
any two nurseries in North Carolina,
consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry,
plum, grape, Japanese persimmon, Japa'
nese plum, apricots, nectarine, Russian
apricot, mulberry, ounces. Small fruits:
Strawberry, raspberry, currants, pecans,
English walnuts, rhubarb, asparagus,
evergreens. shade trees, roses &c.
Give your order to my authorized
agent or order direct from the nursery.
Correspondence solicited. Descriptive
catalogues free to applicants.
Address,
J. VAN. LINDLEY.
POMONA,
Guilford County, N. G.
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A Necklace of Human Fingers.

A curious and interesting relic of In
dun barbarism was received ut the war
department few days ago. 1t consisted
of necklace of human fingers. Origin
ally there were eleven fingers strung to-
gether after the manner of necklaces of
bears claws, but three Of them had been
lost. This CHASTITY adornment was cap
tured in m attack on the northern Chey-
ennes in 1876, and each finger represented
q life taken by the owner, the big medicine
man of the tribe. The fingers had been
preserved by opening the skin, removing
the bones, scraping away MI the tissues
and fatty substances, replacing the bones,
and subjecting the skin to some tanning
process. The necklace was sent to West
Point by Capt. Bourlie, who is now en-
gagged in preparing some historical matter
relating to the Indians. 1t was brought
from West Point here in order that it
might be reproduced i'll paper mache Mt
the Smithsonian Observation-Disclosures
Cor. New York Sun.
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twenty-five years ago, when first
went to Carson" said q well known gen.
tleman of that city yesterday at down
town hotel 'Mark Twain was just be-
ginning to come to the front rs humor-
ist. He was quiet, gentlemanly sort of
q fellow, who could tell good story and
take his liquid potations with the boys
and not show it much, even if he would
drink all day.
"In those early days most any sort Of
an entertainment brought ont a big crowd,
and when it was announced one day that
Mark was to deliver lecture for the
benefit of something or other at the Epis-
copal church, it was understood from the
start that there would be u perfect crush.
"Well, Mark ascended the steps into
the pulpit about s O'Clock, there being n
whole lot of the boys and young women,
friends of his, as we'll us n good many old
people in front Mark made avery polite
bow and then unfoltled n gigantic roll Of
ebrown paper People thought at first it
was q big map, but it turned out to be his
lecture written on great sheets of grocers'
brown paper, with an ordinary grocers'
marking brush. After his bow he turned
his back around to the audience and
crancd his head up to the lamp md thus
read from the big sheets, as though it
would be impossible for him to sec any
other way.
''rhc lecture was OIL Tho Future of
Nevada and WIS the funniest thing l
ever heard. He prophcsietl the great era
of prosperity that was before us and
sought to encourage us residents Of the
sagcbrush region by foretelling what ap-
peared to be Golconda like tales of i'm
possible mineral discoveries. Right on
the heels of it, however, came the marvel
Gus discoveries Of Virginia City, and then
wc thought he wasn't SO far off in his
humorous predictions. Many time have
I Thought of that lecture of Mark Twain.
It ought to have been published. I have
rcnd all his books, and never sllw any
thing in any of them better thnn this"
San Francisco Examiner.
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A Transparent Mirror.

A forgotten chemical product, brou ght
ont by Dode more than twenty years ago,
is now preserved in q Paris museum. 1t
is transparent reflector, in which the
image Of nn object may be viewed as in q
mirror, or through which the object itself
may be seen as through common glass.
1t is simply piece Of glass covered with
q thin layer of platinum. 1t was prepared
by combining mixture Of platinic chlo-
ride and essence of lavender and boratc
and oxide of lead, spreading the whole on
the glass with fine brush, and then bak-
ing in muffle at o low, red heat. This
old discovery ought to serve some useful
purpose. Traveller.
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A oueen,s Euneral TENT.

This Funeral tent of IN Egyptian
queen',-Queen Isi-em-Kheb-found at
Thebes was one article of q splendid out
flt-an outfit that consisted of jars and
statuettes, of mummifled meats, with nuts
and fruits, of ointment bottles and alabas-
ter cups, and of huge full dress wigs,
curled and frizzed. The "tent' was the
covering of Queen Isi-em-Kheb's funeral
galley. 1t consisted Of canopy and four
dependent sides, MI in applique embroid-
cry of cut leather (gazelle skim, represent
ing human figures, birds, beasts, geomet-
ric designs, and h.eroslyphics. The 'colors
arc varied and quite fresh.-Harper'sMag-
aZinc
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Fat and Sleek Walters.

There is O fat restaurateur on Sixth
avenue who insists that all his walters
shall be fat and sleek. "Why?" he re-
peated the other day. ''Well, 1 believe
that customers arc attracted by men who
have the appearance of being we'll fed.
Besides, fat walters are not SO irritable as
lean ones and are more obIging My fat
walters have done much to advertise my
grub. New York Sun.
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A Hoayy Load Of Corn.

The corn crop now growing will weigh
about one-third rs much as the coal mined
In the United States in 1887, md that it
would load n solid truin of freight cars
reaching half way around tho globe at
tho equator. If the American eagle liked
corn us well MS the turkey, which Frank
lin thought should be the national bird,
he would surely scream over such figures.
Cleveland Leader.
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Milk and Eggs Abroad.

New regulations in regard to the.sales
of milk in Berlin went into effect Aug /.
Every vender is to have license, and the
milk is classified as ''full pure) milk, !"
'shalf milk" and ';lean milk" This is
much like the London classification of
eggs. They have "new laid eggs" or first
rate eggs, ssfresh eggs,n or moderate good
eggs,n and "eggs. .n-Kansas City Times.
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49,.
Conditions Of Ltco.

AT recent meeting of the London An
thropological institute, Dr. George Harley
sought to prove that the conditions which
have increased mans comfort and stimu-
lated his mental faculties have lcssened
his vitality and recuperativc powers,
making him moro liable to fatal injuries.
-ArEanSaW TraYclcr.
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A Quarter of Twelve.

Mrs. Gingersnap Ito her spouse, who
gets home at O. nj. in O condition of de-
moralization).-Well! This is q nice time
of night to be waking up everybody in the
house! What time do you suppose it is
now? -
Gingersnap-ouar (hic)-quar'cr of
twelve b'my watch.
Mrs. CA quarter of twelve, indeed!
What fool you must be to say that when
the clock has just struck three. 5.
G.-Well-rr-isn't three q quar'er Of
twel (hic)-twelve?
Loud crash in the hall and servants
called to carry Gingersnap up stairs to
bed.-New York Tribune.
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What Ais STHENATi0A?
Tho Average Length Of Life De.
creasing-Not Pcstilcncc-
Not Fanine-All oul
own Fault.

MODERN Coox1Se AND Mop.
ERN LIVING have brought it
on. It comes upon us una
wares. The patients have
pains about the chest arl sides,
and sometimes in t,,.o back.
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has q bad taste, cspeci-
ally in the morning. A sort
Of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling Ike a heavy
load on the stomach; sometimes
a faint, all-gone sensation at
the pit OF the stomach which
food does not satisfy. The
eyes are sunl1en, tie hands
and feet become cold ai:l feel
clamnly. After a vile a
cough sets in, at fist 1..y, but
after a few months il is at
tended with a green;sL eolorcd
expectoration. The ?,atient
feels tired all the VII. e, and
sleep does not seem To afford
any rest. After a tisrs he be-
comes nervous, ilrita:..s and
gloomy, and has evil { ,rebod-
ings. There is a e.::tiie'':::1ess, a
sort Of whirling SEN: ..on in
the head when rising 10 sud-
denly. The bowt's bccome
costive; the skin is dry and
hotat times; the f;:oo ;.ecomes
thick and stagnant;; tic whites
Of the eyes become It'd with
yellow; the ls,::daey 8 cretions
becomes scanty AL l..gh col
ored, depositlng a sediment
after standing. Tie: is fire.
quently a splitting ~ Of the
food, sometimes w.. y sour
taste and sometimes with a
sweetish taste; {: : is fire.
quently attended, with palpl-
tation OF the llealt anil Ash
matte symptoms; tie vision be.
comes impaired, with si'ots be-
fore the eyes; there IS a feel
ing Of great prostrat.on and
weakness. Ali OF these symp-
toms al'G IN turn present. III
is thought that neally one-ha|f
of our population has t''.ls dis
ease in some Of It's varied forms.
Shaker Extract Of Roots (Sel-
gels Syrup charges the t..r-
ments OF the Diges;.vs ORGANS so
asto convert tI;. f;9@l wy CIT !"to
a form that WI! Eve nourish-
ment to the fl; body, AID
Good healrh isi!!.a cons, .",llcn.
The effect OF t.5 r.,.l1r':Y is
simply marvellous. LIONS
upon millions OF bottles have
been sold in this country, anu
the testimonials in favor Of its
curative powers are over
whelming. Hundreds of So
called diseases under various
names are the result OF lndl-
gestion, and when this one
trouble is removed the other
diseases vanish, for they are
but symptoms Of the real
;11alady.
Testimonials from thousands
OF people speaking highly Of
its curative properties provo
this bcyond adoubt. soldby
drurricta